Combination undergarment



March 15, 1955 s. L. DAVIS COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT Filed Aug. 3, 1953INYENTOR ,SAM 041/45 m, K M

ATTORNEY United States Patent Office 2,703,885 Patented Mar. 15, 1955COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT Sam L. Davis, Lawrence, N. Y.

Application August 3, 1953, Serial No. 372,016

3 Claims. (Cl. 242) The present invention relates generally to feminineundergarments, and in particular it relates to breast and bodysupporting undergarments. Breast supporting undergarments, orbrassieres, have long been known, and various types of body supportinggarments have also long been known. The present invention relatesspecifically to a combined undergarment for supporting the breast andthat portion of the body immediately below the breasts.

The main object of the present invention, therefore, is the provision ofa new and improved combination feminine undergarment.

An associated main object of the present invention is the provision of acombination feminine undergarment for supporting the breasts and thebody immediately therebelow, in the region of the diaphragm and waist.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a feminineundergarment for supporting the breasts, for placing the diaphragm underrestraint and for constricting the waist, wherein the breast supportingportion and the diaphragm support and waist pincher are separable andindividually usable.

Other, further, and more specific objects of the present invention willin part be obvious and in part specifically pointed out in the followingembodiment thereof, taken in conjunction with drawing, wherein Figure 1is a perspective view of one form of combined undergarment constructedaccording to and embodying the present invention, as applied to andabout the upper portion of the female body; and

Figure 2 is a part perspective and part plan view thereof.

The undergarment according to the present invention is indicatedgenerally by reference numeral 10, and it consists of an upper,breast-supporting member 12, and a lower, body encircling, diaphragmsupporting and waist pinching member 14. The upper member 12 comprises apair of laterally spaced apart, breast receiving pockets 16, 16, eachhaving an end of one of a pair of shoulder straps 18, 18 secured to theupper edge thereof. A side panel 20 is secured to the outer edges ofeach of pockets 16, 16, and a back panel 22 is secured to the outeredges of each of side panels 20, 20. The free ends 24 of back panels 22,22 are provided with cooperating hook-and-eye fasteners as 26, 26. Theother ends of straps 18, 18 are secured to the upper edges of backpanels 22, 22. Adjacent the lower edge 28 of the upper breast-supportingmember 12, there is provided a plurality of spaced apart tabs 30, eachhaving embedded therewithin the female component 32 of a snap fastener.The upper edges of tabs 30 are sewed or otherwise secured to the breastsupport 12, but the lower portions of the tabs are unsecured to the saidmember 12 and may swing freely.

The lower member 14 comprises a band 50 of horizontally stretchablematerial, at the ends of which are secured strips 52, 52 of anon-stretchable material of equal width. It is to be noted that strips52, 52 are as long as the back panels 22, 22 forming part of uppermember 12. The free ends 54, 54 of the lower band member 14 are providedwith hook-and-eye fasteners 56, 56. The upper edge 58 of member 14 isprovided, on its inner face, with a plurality of spaced-apart tabs 60each of which has mounted therein a male snap fastener component 62.Tabs 60, 60 are spaced apart the same distance as tabs 30, 30, and thereare as many tabs 60 on band 14 as there are tabs 30 on member 12.

The upper member 12, from end to end thereof, is as long as lower member14 in normal, contracted condition, and the ends 24, 54 thereof areflush. Thus, ,when the cooperating snap fasteners 32, 62 areinterengaged, the combined undergarment can be handled as a unit andfastened at the rear of the body by the vertically aligned hook-and-eyefasteners 26, 56 on the upper and lower members. As will be obvious, thebreast support 12 and the ldiaphragm support 14 may be used and wornseparate y.

When fitted together, the upper edge of band 14 overlaps the lower edgeof member 12. The face-aligned tabs space the members apart, at least tosome slight extent, thus permitting breathing on movement of the wearer.The securement between the garment portions will prevent relative ridingof the portions and the discomfort attending same.

While sizes and relative dimensions vary, the lower band is of suchwidth as to extend normally from the waist up to the lower edge of thebreast support 12.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A feminine undergarment comprising a shoulder strap-supported breastencircling member, means thereon to fasten the ends thereof at the backof the wearers body, a waist and diaphragm encircling band and meansthereon aligned with the first referred to means to fasten the endsthereof at the back of the wearers body, the band being longitudinallystretchable, a plurality of spaced-apart tabs secured at the outer faceof the breast encircling member adjacent the lower edge thereof and atthe front sides and back thereof, a similar plurality of equidistantlyspaced apart tabs secured to the band adjacent the upper edge and on theinner face thereof, and cooperating snap fasteners embedded in the tabswhereby to releasably secure the band to the breast encircling member.

2. A feminine undergarment as in claim 1, wherein the upper ends only ofthe tabs are secured to the breast encircling member, and the lowerportions thereof are free to swing outwardly therefrom, therebypermitting relative movement of the breast and waist encircling members.

3. A feminine undergarment as in claim 2, wherein the tabs areface-abutted on interfit of the cooperating snap fasteners thereon, theabutted tabs spacing apart the overlapped lower edge of the breastencircling member and the upper edge of the band.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,090,076 Siegel Aug. 17, 1937 2,118,592 Davis May 24, 1938 2,587,911Sider Mar. 4, 1952 2,596,765 Dubner May 13, 1952

